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dollars of direct economic loss each year and serious disruption to global trade. In this …

Sahel rainfall is dynamically linked to the global Hadley cell and to the regional monsoon
circulation. It is therefore susceptible to forcings from remote oceans and regional land alike …

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information is growing rapidly. A key aspect of this requirement is the representation of …

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people's lives. Without it, they cannot make a living, stay healthy, and maintain a good …

Climate change and climate policies will affect poverty reduction efforts through direct and
immediate impacts on the poor and by affecting factors that condition poverty reduction, such …

Modeling is essential to characterize and explore complex societal and environmental
issues in systematic and collaborative ways. Socio-environmental systems (SES) modeling …

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Periodization theory has, over the past seven decades, emerged as the preeminent training
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A debate curated by Simon Maxwell Economic growth has resulted in a twin crisis of climate
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